Milk-bottle container



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J. W. STRUNK MILK BOTTLE CONTAINER Filed March 6, 1926 alito? um*Patented Nov. 21, 1926.

"STATES d inane JOSEPH W. STRUNK, OF SOMERSET, IKIEl1\1l"Il'.TCKY.'y

MILK-BOTTLE CONTAINER.

Application filed March 6, 1926. Serial No. 92,842.

This invention relates to milk bottle containers and more particularlyto a device for arrangement upon the exterior of a house for receivingfull and empty milk bottles and so constructed that it prevents accessto the bottle by dogs, cats or other germ infested animals.

An important object of the invention is to provide a device of thischaracter having two compartments, each provided with a door and eachadapted for the reception of milk bottles, the doors of the compartmentsbeing so connected that the insertion of a bottle or bottles in eitherof the compartments causes the door thereof to close and the door of theopposite compartment to open, thereby permitting removal of bottleswhich are arranged in the opposite compartment.

A further obj ect of the inventionis to provide a device of thischaracter in which one of the compartments is intended for the receptionof full and the other for the recep tion of empty milk bottles, thecompartment receiving the full milk bottles having associated with thedoor thereof a spring lock latching the door in closed position afterthe milk bottles are inserted therein until opened by an authorizedperson.

These and other objects I attain by the construction shown in the-accompanying drawing, wherein for the purpose of illustration is showna preferred embodiment of my invention and wherein Figure 1 is avertical sectional view taken through a milk bottle 'containerconstructed in accordance with my invention;

Figure 2 is a section on the line 2--2 of Figure .1;

Figure 3 is a section on the line 3--3 of Figure 1.

Referring now more particularly to the drawing, the numeral 10 generallyindicates a rectangular casing having a central partiton 11 dividing thecasing into two compartments 12 and 13. The opposite end walls of thecasing are formed by pivoted doors 14 and 15, thepivots of which are-arranged slightly below the center of the door, as indicated at 16. Theinner surface of each door below the pivot thereof is provided with twoor more pockets 17 for the reception of milk bottles, the doors being ofsuch height thatr substantially the entire weight of the bottles isthrown against the lower half of the door when the bottles B are placedin position in the pocket. The door 14 is provided with a spring latch18 locking when the door is in closed position to prevent re-openingthereof. Between the doors 15 and 16 is arranged a link 19 connected toeach of the doors and passing through the central partition, as at 20,this link being of such length that when one of the doors is closed, theother door is open. Suitable stops 21 are .provided against which thedoors 14 and 15 may engage to limit their swinging movement in theclosed position.

In the operation of the device, the compartment 13 is intended for thereception of empty milk bottles and when the bottles are placed inposition in the pockets 17 thereof1 the weight of the bottles or bottlewill be sufficient to cause the door to swing about its hinges to theclosed position withlthe result that the link connection opens the door14. the full bottles of milk in the pockets 17 of the doors 14 and sincethe filled bottles are of greater weight than the. empty bottles, thedoor 15 is swung to its open position and the door 14 closes and islocked. The door 15 being open, the empty milk bottles may be removedfrom the compartment 13. vThe householder, before removing the bottlesfrom the pockets of the door 14, places empty bottles in the pockets ofthe door 15 and releasing the lock 18 moves the door 14 to the openposition and removes the full milk bottles. It will, of course, beobvious that with these bottles removed, the weight of the pockets ofthe door 15 will hold the door 14 The person delivering the milkinsertsy in the open position ready to receive the full bottles at thenext trip of the dairyman.

Since the construction hereinbefore set forth is capable of a certainrange of change and modification without materially departing from thespirit of the invention, I do not limit myself to such specificstructure except as hereinafter claimed.

I claim In a milk bottle receptacle of the character described, a casinghaving doors at its opposite ends, said doors being arranged uponhorizontal-pivots arranged midway be-` tween the ends thereof, a bottlereceptacle carried by the inner face of each door at a point spacedbelow the pivot, a connection between the doors whereby one of the doorsopens as the other of the doors closes, said means Within the casingbetween the doors connection limiting opening of the open preventingaccess through an open door to a. 10 door at a. point Where the Weightof a milk b ottle arranged 'adjacent lthe other ofthe bottle inserted inthe receptacle is applied to doors. Y

the door at a kpoint below the pivot thereof In testimony whereof Ihereunto aiix my whereby the insertion of a bottle in the resignature. f

ceptacle of an open door causes said door to close and the other door to0pen,- and Y VJOSEPH WV. STRUNK.

